Persevere and Prosper
This year marks 120 years since our forerunner, The Gospel Herald was first published, and 84 years since The Message Magazine, by God’s grace,…
Richard Bland talks about Selma
Oral history from Selma given by United Prison Ministry International founder Richard Bland. Never before seen footage and photos from the Selma march in…
2017 November / December
How To Take A Stand Blackout on the NFL Blacklist COVER STORY “When we see Colin Kaepernick take a knee in one of the…
Perverted Conscience
Mae—not her real name—was my client. She was a Black, twenty-something in the vice grip of a crack addiction. She worked in the even…
2017 September / October
Finding God In The Crisis God’s watertight and fireproof promises.
Crisis Overload, Cunning Overlord
Like an 18-car pileup on the interstate, crises of terror, political brinkmanship, natural and man-made disasters give us no space to brace. You see…
What Happens When God Speaks, and You Actually Listen
Message Magazine’s Online Devotional for Sunday, September 24, 2017 Listen to “Thoughts in Worship 09.24.2017” on Spreaker. Devotional thought 11 in “Removing the Veil:…
DICK GREGORY PILGRIM IN SEARCH OF LIBERATION
From the Message Archives March April 1981 Issue: Twenty years ago Dick Gregory was a stand-up comic on the nightclub circuit. By his own…
Soul-Searching After Charlottesville, But Not For Me
Embed from Getty Images In unity and peace, I’ll be one of those to gather near Charlottesville, Virginia’s Freedom of Speech Wall tomorrow. With…
2017 July / August Issue
Stop Violence Violence tore at the fabric of a friendship—where can they go for healing?